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Undergraduate Research

(2010-present)

                                            Undergraduate Research

Last Name

First Name

Project

Year

Faculty Mentor

Gavino

Maria

Auditory Free Classification of Early and Late English-Spanish Bilinguals.

2017

Professor Toribio

Gurch

Josephine

16th century Indigenous Herbal Medicine in New Spain.

2019

Professor McDonough

Gutiérrez

Maria Elena

Attitudes and Judgments Towards Accented Speech: The Influence of Ethnicity and Language Experience

2014

Professor Toribio

Hernando

Catherine

Music in the Foreign Language Classroom: Encouraging Communication through an Innovative, Culturally-cognizant Lens

2013

Professor Koike & Professor Costa-Giomi

Ibarra López

Berenis

With the Bridging Disciplines Program Ethics and Leadership in Law, Politics and Government

2017

Professor Montesinos

Knoll

Travis

Critiques of Machismo and Authoritarian Structures in Contemporary Argentine Cinema.

2013

Professor Borge

Kofos

Michael

Perspectives on Independence in Catalonia

2018

Professor Pérez

Lucero

Estrella

The Japanese Experience in Northern Mexico: Japanese Migration and Settlement, 1900-1930s

2018

Professor McDonough

Matre

James Van

Classroom dynamics: A qualitative look at high school Spanish

2013

Professor Bocanegra & Professor Koike

Miller

Leah

What is a Sanctuary City?: The Future of “Sanctuary in Austin, TX.

2015

Professor McDonough

Mosely

Emily

Identificación de temas claves en el discurso de la política colonial Española.

2018

Professor McDonough

Palombo

Megan

Art and Mass Communication as Political Activism during the Spanish Civil War

2015

Professor Madeline

Parsons

Sasha

Patriotism and Propaganda: Cultural Expression and Censorship of Cinema in 1960s Soviet Union, Spain, and Cuba.

2017

Professor Borge

Reynolds

Lindsey

Digitally Mapping 16th Century Mexico

2018

Professor McDonough

Soto

Lucero

Mexico’s Oaxaca: The Impact of Tourism on Native Representations

2015

Professor McDonough

Swain

Charlotte

Como agua para chocolate: un estudio sobre la fidelidad del texto traducido

2015

Professor Toribio

Toro

Veronica

Brazilian Maids' Legal Empowerment in Organized Labor

2014

Professor Roncador

Wiley

Olivia

The Role of Identity Status and Language Learning

2014

Professor Koike & Professor Abing

Zein

Rachel

Palestinian Migration and Memory in Contemporary Chilean Literature

2018

Professor Cárcamo-Huechante

 

Hazel

Tara

"Gradient effects of bilingual experiences on lexical access: An Examination of Language Brokering and Code-switching"

2020

Joshua Frank

Zewail

Aliah

"The Influence & Relationship of Metaphorical Syntax On Perceptions of Time"

2020

Joshua Frank

Kelly

Kristen

“Attitudes toward Explicit and Implicit Instruction for Spanish Second Language Acquisition in the High School Classroom.”

2020

Professor Koike

Syamken

Sarah

 “Afro-Colombian speech in literature and the media” 

2020

Professor Sessarego

Mancha

Sebastián

“West Texan Spanish: Survival of a threatened dialect” 

 

2020

Professor Sessarego

Land

Anna

“Women of Discord in Mexica Society.”

 

2020

Professor McDonough

Tran

Ashley

“Aztec Economies.”

 

2020

Professor McDonough

                                     Undergraduate Research Assistants

Last Name

First Name

Project

Year

Faculty Mentor

An

Hyejin

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-2018

Professor Toribio

Ananthanarayan

Sunny

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Atayde

Christian

Informant to Intellectual Team

2015-2016

Professor McDonough

Ball

Kelsey

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2014-2016

Professor Toribio

Crandell

Jesse

Maracatu Music & Dance in Recife, Brazil

2014

Professor Leu

Dam

David

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2015-2016

Professor Toribio

Del Valle

Pamela

Informant to Intellectual Team

2015-2016

Professor McDonough

Enobabor

Diane

Race & Representation in Brazilian Cinema

2010

Professor Leu

Flores

Macheli

Culture & Politics in 1960s Brazil

2018

Professor Leu

Gamboa

Omar

Latin America Jewish Music

2014-2015

Professor Lindstrom

Garcia

Itzel

Informant to Intellectual Team

2015-2016

Professor McDonough

Gaskill

Aaron

Afro-Dominican Spanish in the US

2016

Professor Sessarego

Gómez

Cynthia

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Green

Elizabeth

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Gurch

Josephine

16th century Indigenous Herbal Medicine in New Spain.

2019

Professor McDonough

Guzmán

Gualberto

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2014-2017

Professor Toribio

Hagan

Sam

Social & Civic Organizations in Brazilian Politics

2015

Professor Leu

Hermosillo

Adolfo

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Holman

Blake

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Ifeyinwa Okafor

Somtochi

Afro-Brazilian Portuguese (Helvecia)

2015

Professor Sessarego

Ilindra

Abhi

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-present

Professor Toribio

Janke

Florian

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Kesler

Sabrina

Indigenous Views on Conquest

2017

Professor McDonough

Kim

Chaewon

Palenquero Phonology

2015

Professor Sessarego

Kim

Daniel

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Li

Tongrui

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

López

Yobani

Afro-Venezuelan Spanish (Barlovento)

2015

Professor Sessarego

Lucero

Estrella

The Sacred City: Cholula, Mexico

2016

Professor McDonough

Nazario

Jesús

Informant to Intellectual Team

2015-2016

Professor McDonough

Nordstrom

Eric

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-2018

Professor Toribio

Novak

Kristopher

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2015-2017

Professor Toribio

Orozco-Carrera

Carmen

Afro-Veracruz Spanish

2014

Professor Sessarego

Picard

Joseph

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2016-2017

Professor Toribio

Pop

Diana

Race and Police Violence in Brazil

2015

Professor Leu

Puligurth

Mounika

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-present

Professor Toribio

Revell

Hailey

Afro-Mexican Dialectology

2018

Professor Sessarego

Rincón

Eric

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-1018

Professor Toribio

Ross

Natalie

Connecting Internship Experience

2016

Professor Cárcamo-Huechante

Sharath

Vivek

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2017-present

Professor Toribio

Singh

Devesh

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2018-present

Professor Toribio

Smirin

Ilana

Connecting Internship Experience

2016

Professor Cárcamo-Huechante

Sullivan

Natalie

Afro-Mexican Spanish

2014

Professor Sessarego

Xu

Benjamin

Bilingual Annotations Tasks (BATS) Research Group

2016-2017

Professor Toribio